Gary Norman Hurring (born 10 October 1961 in

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) is a former

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from New Zealand, who won the gold medal at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...

in the men's 200 metres

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. He gained silver in the same event at the

1978 World Aquatics Championships The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the City-state, free city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28, 1978. Women's Water Polo competed as an exhibition sport. Medal table *Record(*) Results Diving ;Men ;Women S ...

. Hurring was considered a possible medallist for the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

but was denied the opportunity due to the boycott by the majority of New Zealand Olympic sports associations. At the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

he just missed medals in both backstroke events finishing fourth in the 100m and fifth in the 200m. Hurring was appointed New Zealand swim team coach at the

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. Hurring is the son of two former Olympic backstroke swimmers, Lincoln Hurring and Jean Stewart; his mother won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres backstroke at the

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* * * * * * * 1961 births Living people New Zealand male backstroke swimmers New Zealand swimming coaches Olympic coaches for New Zealand Olympic swimmers for New Zealand Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Auckland World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games People educated at Takapuna Grammar School {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub

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